Polls closed tonight at 7 PM ET in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, where a special election is being held to replace former Republican Rep. Tom Price, who resigned to join Donald Trump’s cabinet. This suburban Atlanta seat has been in GOP hands since its creation in 1992, and Mitt Romney won it 61-37 in 2012. However, it swung sharply against Trump, who carried it by just 48-47. Polls show an incredibly tight race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel. This is the most expensive House race in American history.
To help you follow along tonight, we have the results for each of GA-06’s counties for both the 2016 presidential election and for the April all-party primary. Tom Bonier of TargetSmart has put together a viewing guide to give us an idea of what the early vote totals will mean for Ossoff’s chances. In April, the early vote was disproportionately Democratic, but there’s no guarantee it will be again.
There is also a special election in South Carolina’s 5th District to replace Republican Mick Mulvaney between Republican Ralph Norman and Democrat Archie Parnell in this 57-39 Trump seat.
Results: GA-06: AP (by district, by county, by precinct) | SC-05: AP (by district, by county), Secretary of State
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 12:23:46 AM +00:00
·
Steve Singiser
GA-06: Here is where we are in the Atlanta ‘burbs: all the in-person early vote has been counted, but no mail-in votes or election day precinct votes have been counted by the counties as of yet. The in-person early vote gives Democrat Jon Ossoff a 51-49 edge over Republican Karen Handel. Now, Ossoff did considerably better in the early vote in Round One, but we already knew for a variety of studies that the GOP definitely made early voting a point of emphasis this go-round. What this means for tonight’s totals is that we are still very much in “wait and see” mode.
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 12:26:28 AM +00:00
·
Steve Singiser
SC-05: Meanwhile, in the race to replace GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney, the early numbers are very good for the Democrats, but there is a note of caution. With 35% of the vote reporting, Democrat Archie Parnell holds a rather shocking 52-48 lead over Republican Ralph Norman. However, and this is important: the counties reporting the higher vote counts now are the more blue-friendly portions of the district. There is a lot of red turf still out there. That said, Parnell is doing particularly well thus far on red turf, running as much as a dozen points ahead of Clinton’s 2016 performance.
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 12:35:40 AM +00:00
·
Steve Singiser
GA-06: The Fulton ballots are somewhat of a mix thus far—Ossoff doing well in some pockets, slightly worse in others. The net result is a slight fade in his advantage. It is a 50/50 race now, though Ossoff does retain a lead of just 865 votes.